Narrated by David Attenborough
Bandicoots and Desert Frogs
The middle of Australia is a vast desert: the ' dead heart' ... but when it rains the ' heart' is anything but dead-birds flock to waterholes, plants flourish and bloom, and even puddles come to life with thousands of tadpoles.
Even in the driest seasons there are still plenty of crawling, jumping, creeping creatures, sheltering from the heat in burrows or in rock crevices, emerging only in the cool of the night.
The ' dead heart' is very much alive with plants and animals with such bizarre names as ... bandicoots and desert frogs.
Photography PETER LEYDEN Producer ROBERT RAYMOND
Presented for television by ALAN CORMACK BBC Bristol